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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 14, 2011, 01:01:45 pm ---Anybody else checked out the schedule for this year's New Yorker Festival, published in the Sept. 15 issue?
Wow. ...
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I did. I thought I might watch some of it online later. I have watched videos of past segments, including talks by Malcolm Gladwell and James Surowiecki.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 14, 2011, 05:12:44 pm ---I did. I thought I might watch some of it online later. I have watched videos of past segments, including talks by Malcolm Gladwell and James Surowiecki.
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I'm sure they're both fascinating to hear!
One of these days I'll get around to reading The Tipping Point. ... ::)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 14, 2011, 06:34:56 pm ---I'm sure they're both fascinating to hear!
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Yes. That's where I first heard that, up until the Reagan Administration or so, the highest income-earners were taxed at 75 percent or whatever it was. Nowadays, that's more widely known, but it was news to me at the time.
--- Quote ---One of these days I'll get around to reading The Tipping Point. ... ::)
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You should! It's good. So is "Outliers."
louisev:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 14, 2011, 07:23:45 pm ---Yes. That's where I first heard that, up until the Reagan Administration or so, the highest income-earners were taxed at 75 percent or whatever it was. Nowadays, that's more widely known, but it was news to me at the time.
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90% actually.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 14, 2011, 07:23:45 pm ---You should! It's good. So is "Outliers."
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Oh, well, at least I've read the New Yorker articles based on The Tipping Point and Outliers. ;D
Funny, I would be kind of interested to hear Jon Lee Anderson and Dexter Filkins. Or, rather, I have to admit I'm curious as to what they look like. I don't exactly like Jon Lee Anderson's articles; they're too long, and they put me to sleep, but I slog through them anyway because I figure they're good for me. And I just like to know what someone with a neat name like "Dexter Filkins" looks like.
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